Barton Booth was an English actor during the reigns of Queen Anne and George I. He was born in 1681 and died in 1733. He was placed under Dr. Busby, at Westminster School, but he eloped from school at the age of seventeen, and joined a company of strolling players. After performing in the Irish capital to great applause he retuned to London in 1701, where, having joined the Drury Lane Company, his reputation reached its height with his performance of Cato in Addison's famous tragedy. Research Barton Booth
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